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What can an individual do to meaningfully practice carbon capture?
There is a lot of information on the Internet about how an individual can lower or negate their carbon usage through various techniques and strategies but much less information on what a person can do actively practice techniques of carbon capture…
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What to do if a small amount is left over in the toilet after flushing?
Apologies in advance for a disgusting question.
I share a bathroom with someone, who has complained that after I flush the toilet, not all the waste gets removed.
When I flush once, 95% of the waste is removed, but some is left behind and floats to…
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How much land needed to dispose of blades from wind turbines?
I saw a news article saying that Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills. This is definitely unfavourable, but I really want to get a better sense of the scale of the problem. After all, Earth is really big! With the…
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Which car is more sustainable, an all-electric Tesla Model 3 or a gas-powered Prius?
The Toyota Prius is available as a plug-in model, but I have a Prius that is only gas-powered, that is gas is the only fuel. I am wondering if the mpgE of the Tesla, 141, is so much better than the mpg of my Prius (average of 45 mpg), that the Tesla…
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Which countries, regions, or cities have set a date to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles?
This week, the UK announced that sale of gasoline and diesel cars will be banned by 2035. This new policy moves the date up by five years, and also includes hybrid vehicles. From 2035 on, only electric or hydrogen-powered cars will be sold. (From…
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Solar Panel Drawing Amps instead of adding them?
I have an off grid powered house powered by 6 x 12v batteries all hooked up in parallel. I also have 4 x 150w 12v solar panels all hooked up in parallel too. Things were good however I decided to move up to 24v. I rewired the batteries so that they…
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Hyper carbon accumulator(s) for backyards
I am curious, what people could do with a small piece of land like their home backyard (say originally it is a regular lawn smaller than 20m^2, in temperate continental climate (so pretty harsh)) to help fight climate change.
Intuitively, we might…
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My residential colony burns dry grass every year; how can I stop them?
Every year during June-October, it rains and a few months later after the rainy season there is a lot of grass growing in the empty sites in my residential colony. So all the grass is cut, piled up and burnt.
What can I do to stop this burning?
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Can residential rooftop solar arrays be cheaply extended over time?
I am looking to install rooftop solar on my house some time this year. I have a decent amount of roof space and very little shading so I should achieve fairly ideal conditions for it.
A lot of the companies I've researched appear to offer full…
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Are oil and natural gas inherently linked?
I've heard a lot of people push for natural gas as a fuel for generating electrical power. However, oil is said to be a very dirty fuel. Aren't oil and natural gas harvested from the same sources? The cost of each can of course vary, but to what…
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How much CO2 is currently captured in the EU per year with CCS technologies?
I wonder how much carbon dioxide is captured per annum in the EU at the moment. In this article (p. 5), one can read that the two largest CCS facilities in Europe currently capture around 1,55 Mt/y. However, there are many other smaller CCS…
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Can data from wind and solar farms be used to improve climate modeling?
As of 2018, there were over 341,000 wind turbines around the world.
In the U.S. alone, a projected one million homes will have roof-top solar PV by 2020. This does not include commercial or utility buildings, or solar farms.
In contrast, the World…
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Which materials dumped into landfills are the largest sources of methane?
Recent research has shown that landfills (garbage dumps) can be major emitters of methane.
The largest methane emitters in California are a subset of landfills, which exhibit persistent anomalous activity. Methane point-source emissions in…
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Should I turn vermicompost?
After adding plant matter to vermicompost, it kinda just sits there for a while, attracting fruit flies and growing mould.
Would it be better to try to turn the compost so that the new matter is at the bottom, covered from mould and fruit flies? How…
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How to paint ceramic pots in a sustainable way?
Many years ago I was taking some classes about traditional pottery where a lot of attention was given to contact with the earth and sustainability. I remember a few times they told us about traditional painting of those pots with oxides, as a…
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